Answers to last week's quiz (#102)

 

1. For the last 20 years, this chain of stores has been having the highest sales per square feet of any retail outlet in the world. Its founder institutionalised the removal of momentum barriers by instituting the Cut the Crap Committee. Name it. 
   Richer Sounds founded by Julian Richer in 1978 
    
2. Which company in 2006 mortgaged its blue oval logo for $23.6 billion hedging against the business downturn to come? 
   Ford Motors 
    
3. With the founder of which Indian company is the steamer named SS Loyalty linked to? 
   Scindia Steam Navigation Company founded by Walchand Hirachand Doshi 
    
4. Who said this: “Rollin, you’re crazy. Let’s do it!”? 
   Herb Kelleher, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, said so after Rollin King sketched the airline’s business plan on a cocktail napkin
    
5. Which Nobel Prize winner spent all his prize money to buy diamonds and study spectroscopy? 
   C V Raman
    
6. What is the term coined by a Bhutanese king which many international organisations and economists are considering to use as an alternative to GNP (Gross National Product)? 
   Gross National Happiness (GNH) coined by King Jigme Singye Wangchuck of Bhutan
    
7. In management jargon what is a “cube farm”? 
   An office filled with cubicles
    
8. P H Mortensen, a carpenter and foreman, was responsible for the construction of this film set in Colombo over 50 years ago. It is still a major tourist attraction. Name the company he worked for and the structure. 
   L&T. The bridge for the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai. 
    
9. Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869, the Arabica coffee bean took about six months to reach Scandinavian countries and it lost its green colour due to the moisture. This resulted in a distinct aroma and flavour of coffee. What is the name given to such coffee? 
   Moonsooned Malabar coffee grown in Kerala
    
10. This brand is now operational in India. Identify it..
    
    Cartridge World 
    
    
    
    
    

    There were 41 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 102. The winners who will receive a copy of Project Management: A Managerial Approach are:Manish Boonlia, Aurangabad; Ramsobhan K, Hyderabad; Rohit agrawal, Kolkata; Anurag Shrivastava, Indore; V N Padmaja, Visakhapatnam; Ramachandra M Bhat, Bangalore; Malini, Kasaragod; Shilkumar Patil, Bangalore; Vishal Taneja, New Delhi; and Savitri Joshi, New Delhi. Manish Boonlia also wins Rs 2,000.